Michael Owen England Quotations

If you have any setback in your life, like not being in the England squad was for me - any setback, like losing a family member - everyone handles it in different ways. When I first wasn't included I was numb. I'd been the main England striker for years and years. It was really disappointing.

I think England are probably not as streetwise as plenty of other teams. The other top teams know how to keep a victory or do certain things to hang on to leads or get back in games. They're a lot more streetwise than us. I think as a nation we are very honest, we try to win the right way.

England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers

For me there's nothing better than putting the white shirt on for England and playing for England. I'd get worried if it wasn't like that.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

He's fantastic on the ground but obviously he is very tall. (on Peter Crouch)

The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

The England manager has never put any pressure on me, ... OK, it is a World Cup year and it is nice to be playing and playing in England, but if it was not a World Cup year, I would still have had the drive to come back and play in English football.